As I imagine that most of my American friends are off celebrating their independence from us, I thought it was an appropriate time to have a bit of a UK-centric post.
Apologies to those of you who are neither celebrating today nor based in the UK but here's a picture of a llama in a car to make up for it.
Said cake was from a new company called Baker Days who make a whole series of beautifully designed and personalised cakes which they deliver all over the UK. The real stroke of genius, however, is their letterbox cake, the 'world's smallest personalised cake in a tin' (although I don't know how much competition they have for that title...).
These cakes are are about an inch thick and about 5 inches in diameter and, as the name suggest, fit through your letterbox. They come packaged in a pretty tin and a box so are secure enough to withstand whatever the postal services can throw at them. You can choose from six different types of cake including lemon, carrot and chocolate chip, and 300 designs. I was very tempted to go for the One Direction cake...
I was also excited to see that they had a gluten free option which I decided to try. The cake was really quite delicious, buttery and moist without any of the weird after tastes or textures you sometimes get with gluten free cakes. The cake is covered in a thin layer of fondant icing which is, I have to admit, not my favourite thing in the world but it was just the right balance of cake to icing.
Cakes start from £14.99 and you can get between four and six slices out of a cake. Or you can eat the whole thing during a penalty shoot out involving England.
Disclosure: I was sent a free cake of my choice from Baker Days. I wasn't compensated in any way for this post and the opinions are all my own. Baker Days were sadly unable to stop England losing the penalty shoot out. Not that I hold that against them really...
18 comments:
This looks lovely. I'm from the UK and I also appreciated the Illama in the car!
The cake looks yummy, although I normally do not eat gluten free.
I hope you have a great day, Elizabeth
I actually NEVER get offers to have free cake sent to me! Boo. this looks so lovely!
Cake and llama - you're spoiling us!
This cake look really stunning! Love it!
I am disappointed you did not go for the One Direction cake. Honestly, Kathryn, what are you?!
However, the llama has made up for it a little because we all know that llamas are the bestest.
Yes, it is near impossible to resist free cake! This looks so cute!
That's such a great idea though we have a post box and I can envision the postie trying to ram it in there! Love the design, it's really cute.
Happy llama in a car day one and all!
That cake is so pretty! And I totally agree with you, fondant isn't my favourite thing on a cake either. I'm not really a fan of any kind of frosting, I just like cake.
We may be celebrating our independence from you, but hey, thanks for settling the wilderness first! :P
How absolutely adorable! You're so lucky to be getting so many things sent to you :) This cake that fits through a letterbox reminds me of Graze Boxes that I used to get in the UK...they delivery snacks in a small box that fits through a letterbox...they were delicious!
It looks amazing. Where can we sign up for the "free cakes wanted" list? ;-)
Free cake? Delivered direct to your door? I can't really imagine anything better :-)
I can't imagine it's possible! It is sooo pretty!
Love the cake AND the llama!
That cake is so cute and lovely. It's a quirky idea to get cakes in the post and I love it. People can just post me a cake instead of greeting cards on my birthday!
Llama in the car - hilarious! And that cake! Doesn't that make blogging all the more worth it? :)
What a pretty cake!
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